19831024055419A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-20 · Anchorage, AK · October 24, 1983

Date
October 24, 1983 · 12:26 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Merrill
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N97MM
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC84LA010
Reported as
Piper PA20
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
454 total269 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Engine quit on takeoff climb. Crash landed off end of runway. Fuel selector on empty tank. Other tank had fuel.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON TAKEOFF CLIMB. CRASH LANDED OFF END OF RUNWAY. FUEL SELECTOR ON EMPTY TANK. OTHER TANK HAD FUEL.

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N97MM · 1

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